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173; OlfU ch. 4; KåraK 12, 36, 66 ch. 5, 32; Stark 21 ch. 6; Bragd 49 ch. 2;
Andr 56, 69.
E431.14. Tall wall around grave to prevent return. Eyrb XXXIV 14; GHrolf 246,
280 ch. 3, 16.
E433. G host s placated by sacrifices. Cf. S260.
E434. Magic protection against revenants. Cf. Dl 385.20.
E434.8. Ghost cannot pass cross or prayerbook. Cf. E443.4. ForstB 197 ch. 13.
E434.9. Candle light protection against ghost. Cf. E439.5. BårdSn 42-43 ch. 20.
E437. Revenants banished. Bisk I 206-7, 256-57.
E437.4. Ghost laid under stone. Cf. E431.10.1.
E439. Other protection against revenants.
E439.2. Dwarfs magically keep ghosts from rising. GHrolf 337 ch. 32.
E439.5. Revenant forced away by fire. Cf. E434.9. HaraldH ch. 6 in FMS VI 143;
Saxo lib. VIII c. XV 7 = Herrm 592, 601: a fire from flints as safeguard against
demons.
E440. Walking ghost »laid«. Bisk I 605-08, II 77-87.
E441. Ghost laid by reburial. Eyrb XXXIV 13-14.
E442. Ghost laid by piercing grave (corpse) with stake. Saxo lib. I c. VII 3, lib. V
c. XI 4 = Herrm 109, 368.
E443. Ghost exorcized and laid. Cf. D1379.2.
E443.2. Ghost laid by prayer. Cf. V52. BårdSn 42 ch. 20.
E443.4. Ghost laid by raising a cross. Cf. E434.8; V86. Bisk I 607.
E443.9. Ghost laid by consecrated water. Cf. V132. Bisk II 109-10 (= I 598), 130.
E446. Ghost killed and thus finally laid.
E446.2. Ghost laid by burning body. Cf. E431.13; V61.2. Svarfd ch. 32; Grett XXXV
22; Floam ch. 13, 22; HromGr 371 ch. 4; GHrolf 254 ch. 6; EgÅsm VII 14
(FAS III 378); VestfjGr 169.
E446.3. Ghost laid by decapitating body. Cf. E431.7.2. Floam ch. 13; OlåfH ch. 16
in FMS IV 31 = 6låfs b- Geirstadaålfs ch. 4 in FMS X 211; EgÅsm VII 14
(FAS III 378); HålfdE XVII 11 (FAS III 546); HromGr 371 ch. 4; Saxo lib. I
c. VII 3, lib. V c. XI 4 = Herrm 109, 368.
E451. Ghost finds rest when certain thing happens.
E451.3. Ghost laid when vow is fulfilled. Eyrb LI 10 ff.
E460. Revenants in conflict.
E461. Fight of revenant with living person. Laxd ch. 17, 24; Eyrb ch. 53; Grett ch.
35; Floam ch. 13; Skjold ch. 7; HålfdE XVII 5 (FAS III 544-^15); Huld no. 23;
Gering I 236-39: in church where the living person thought to be safe from
pursuing ghost, but ghost inside opens the church-door to the pursuer; Dehmer
39; Vries 29; K. Ranke in FFC 140 p. 147 n. Cf. GlåfTr ch. 174 in Flb I 338
(FMS II 75): Freyr and Gunnarr helmingr.
E461.2. Fight of living person with dead in the grave. Cf. D838.5. Grett XVIII 9-12 =
MC 308-09; t-orstUxaf 255 (FMS III 118); Hard ch. 15; BårdSn 42-43 ch. 20;
HromGr 369-71 ch. 4; EgÅsm VII 12-14 (FAS III 378); Saxo lib. V c. XI 3-4 =
Herrm 367. Cf. Andrews in Modem Philology X 601 ff.; Dehmer 45-47.